[BUG] Claude chat doesnt open for me, and its stuck on restart

Status Fixed / completed
Maintainer reply None cached
Activity 4 comments · opened Feb 25, 2026 · closed Feb 25, 2026

Preflight Checklist

  • [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
  • [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
  • [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

Claude Code doesnt work for me in VS studio code, i install the exstenion , and when i try to open Claude Code it is stuck on this page:

<img width="642" height="292" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9f8ee350-f10f-46dd-a728-778d13d82968" />

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What Should Happen?

Its supposed to show me the claude code opened, and im supoosed to be able to use it freely

Error Messages/Logs

none

Steps to Reproduce

Press CTRL + P
Select >Claude Open in a new Tab

and it will give me the error message from there, and if it doesnt give me the error message it be stuck on a blank claude chat that doesnt let me use it

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

4.6

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

Additional Information

<img width="722" height="288" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/31caacea-87ab-4c2c-b5de-e5b9fc5e6d92" />

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4 Comments

github-actions[bot] · 7 months ago

Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

  1. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/23663
  2. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/23055
  3. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/22511

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dhanushkaeffi · 7 months ago

Latest version 2.1.55 gave me the same issue, downgrading to 2.1.49 worked for me.

OS: Windows

shawnm-anthropic · 7 months ago

Thank you for your patience, v2.1.56 fixes the VS Code crash.

github-actions[bot] · 7 months ago

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